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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Liberty Eagle Wool Appliqué Pattern

After having finished reviewing the edits for my upcoming book at the beginning of the Summer, I decided to tackle finishing up writing patterns for seven other projects needing my attention. I have my Liberty Eagle wool appliqué finished just in time for our upcoming 4^th of July celebration. For Liberty Eagle, I used Aurifil Lana wool thread for the embroidery stitches throughout. You can find those threads on my website.

Liberty Eagle

I have the pattern listed on my website as both a pattern download or mailed to you as a printed pattern. I'm also offering the pattern for FREE to my newsletter subscribers! If you're on my newsletter list, you'll have the pattern in your inbox.

If you aren't on my newsletter list, just sign up between now and July 5^th, and I'll send you the pattern FREE as well! The link to subscribe is on the front page of my website.

Happy 4^th!

Martha

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine Winter 2019 - Santa Claus!

Winter is here and Christmas is just around the corner! Time for me to get the house cleaned up and ready to pull out the boxes of Christmas decorating goodies!

I've got a cute little Christmas project featured in the new Winter 2019 edition of Primitive Quilts and Project Magazine called Ho Ho Ho Santa, and it's just small enough for you to start now and finish well before the big day!

Ho Ho Ho Santa from Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine Winter 2019

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine Winter 2019

Ho Ho Ho Santa is all wool appliqué and measures 12 5/8" x 16", and I used Aurifil Lana wool thread for the appliqué and embroidery.

In other news, my projects and manuscript for my newest book is complete, and you'll be hearing all about it sometime next year!

Happy Sewing and until next time,

Martha

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy New Year! The Year in Review

Happy New Year! I've been an absentee blogger the past few months - maybe my New Year's resolution should be "I will be a better blogger in 2017". LOL!

When I look back on this past year, I'm amazed at all of the things that have happened, or changed, all in one year. Some of those happenings have been personally challenging, but I'll skip those, and just stick to quilty happenings!

First, in 2016, I published my book, Betsy's Scrapbag, the second in the Scrapbag Girl® series in March of 2016. Betsy's Scrapbag is near and dear to my heart, and if you've read the introduction to the book, you'll know why! 2016 marks the 240th anniversary of the year of this country's independence, and I'm so happy that I was able to contribute to the celebration of that very important year, in cloth and thread.

And, to go along with the publication, my registered trademark, Scrapbag Girl® was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Yippee!

A collage of projects from Betsy's Scrapbag by Martha Walker

Next in 2016, my fabric line for Henry Glass Fabrics,
A Prairie Journal, was delivered to quilt shops in June. When I returned from my big cross country trip in July, I was finally able to start making a bunch of quilts with the beautiful fabric. Some of those projects I've yet to show, and I'll be talking more about those after the first of year.

I have just recently added a free pattern for one of the projects, Prairie Flowers Table Runner, to the website to download. And, I have kits for the table runner, just listed as well:

http://www.wagonswestdesigns.com/shop/Kits/p/Kit-Prairie-Flowers-Table-Runner-x23145638.htm

Prairie Flowers Table Runner

Next up in 2016 came another big happening - --Wagons West Quilt Shop & Studio in Wickenburg, Arizona. I had been wanting to move most of my business out of the house and into a small space where I could teach classes, and house a small shop to carry some of my favorite materials for creating beautiful, quality works of art, in cloth and thread. The opportunity arose, when we stumbled upon a building that had formerly housed another quilt shop, M's Quilting Inspirations, in Wickenburg, Arizona.

If you've never been to (or heard of) Wickenburg, it's just a short drive northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Here's a link to the Google map:

https://goo.gl/maps/jsrJpAX2sQT2

My husband and I were busy most of the summer getting the building ready to open the shop by November. We're open Fridays and Saturdays, and if you're in the area, please stop by!

Yes, we're small, but we have a very good selection of the hard to find Aurifil Lana wool thread, which I love for wool applique, and I just received a big shipment of beautiful Valdani hand dyed 3 strand floss and Perle cottons. Love! We also have the entire line of Mettler 60/2 cotton thread, which I use for both hand and machine applique, and many times machine quilting. We have wool fabric on the bolt, hand dyed wool fat quarters, and of course, quilt shop only cotton fabric!

I just added the classes that I'll be teaching in January and February of 2017 to my website, and you can register and pay for the classes online. Classes will be small, so please register early if you want to take a class! Click Here for classes.

Check back again to see if I made that New Year's resolution haha!

Until next time,
Martha

Monday, March 14, 2016

Betsy's Scrapbag

Today is the first official release day of my new book, Betsy's Scrapbag! It's now on our website, and we have a lot of work to do to get it out and about to your favorite quilt shops.

The first of my Scrapbag Girl TM series began with Annie's Scrapbag, a pattern book of quilts and projects inspired by my fictional seamstress, Annie, a girl living in the early homesteading days of the American frontier.

Annie's Scrapbag

Book 2, Betsy's Scrapbag, follows with quilts and projects inspired by the American Revolution, and Betsy's story of her family's role in the fight for American independence. And just as in Annie's Scrapbag, Betsy's Scrapbag includes FULL size applique placement diagrams for all of the projects, including the wool applique projects. No drafting on your part needed - whew!

Betsy's Scrapbag

Just like in Annie's Scrapbag, Betsy's Scrapbag includes patterns for quilts, wool applique, and this time a punch needle project, Lady Liberty, one of my favorites! Lady Liberty is made primarily with Valdani 3-ply floss, with the addition of DMC embroidery floss. I also have instructions for my easy method for finishing punchneedle, that "stiffens" it for hanging or applying to a platform, such as a box, or basket, but it's archival, meaning no glues are used.

Lady Liberty

Autumn Stars is one of the five quilts in the book, and is the largest quilt, - a queen size 89" x 89".

Autumn Stars

There are 10 projects in all, with four wool applique projects, one of which is the Liberty pillow, appliqued using my favorite Aurifil Lana wool threads, which you can also find on our website:

Liberty pillow

To celebrate it's release, I'm having a giveaway for one copy of Betsy's Scrapbag! Just follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck, and I hope you find Betsy's Scrapbag soon at a quilt shop near you! I will announce the winner of the giveaway on Monday, March 21st!

Until then,

Martha

Monday, September 7, 2015

Day 7 Happy Birthday Jaftex 85th Anniversary Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Hello! I'm so glad you joined me today to help me celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Jaftex, the parent company to Henry Glass & Co., Studio e Fabrics, Blank Quilting, A.E. Nathan, and Fabric Editions.

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I have had the good fortune to design fabric lines for both Studio e Fabrics, and Henry Glass & Co. As a designer for Henry Glass & Co., I was given the task of making a project for the blog hop using the Folio Basics line of fabric. I decided that a birthday celebration wouldn't be complete without a big Happy Birthday banner! So I put my thinking cap on and designed this banner using the yellow and red prints from the Folio Basics line, red rick rack, and Pellon 808 Craft Fuse Iron on interfacing.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY BANNER

A closer look:

For my free pattern for the Happy Birthday Banner CLICK HERE.

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A little bit about Jaftex:

Jaftex Corp. was founded in the 1930’s when Jacob A. Fortunoff started selling fabric on the streets of New York. At that time, the mainstay of the business was women’s sleepwear and lingerie. In the 80’s, Jacob’s grandson, Robert, dramatically changed the business of the company. The business focus was transferred to the over the counter quilt industry when Robert purchased companies like A.E. Nathan, Henry Glass, Stylemaker, Chanteclaire, Fabric Editions/Studioe and more recently The Blank Quilting Corp. Robert is now joined by his two sons, Scott and Greg. Scott currently is the President of Studioe Fabrics, The Blank Quilting Corp. & A.E. Nathan Co., Inc. Greg just joined the business in late 2014 and has successfully spearheaded the company’s foray in to precut fabrics among other contributions.

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And now for the contest! Look at these great prizes from Jaftex, Janome, Aurifil threads and Schmetz needles! Good luck!

Please visit another designer on the blog hop today,
Heather @ Trends and Traditions

and tomorrow
Linda @ Linda Lum DeBono

Jaftex 85th Anniversary Blog Hop participants:

September 1 - Kim Diehl guest posting @ American Patchwork & Quilting

September 2 - Pepper @ Pepper at the Quilt Studio

September 3 - Anjeanette @ Anjeanette Klinder

September 4 - Leanne @ The Whole Country Caboodle

September 5 - Mark @ Mark Lipinski's Blog

September 6 - Heather @ Heather Kojan Quilts

September 7 - Heather @ Trends and Traditions

September 7 - Martha @ Wagons West Designs

September 8 - Linda @ Linda Lum DeBono

September 9 - Heidi @ Red Letter Quilts

September 10 - Jill @ Jillily Studios

September 10 - Dana @ My Lazy Daisy

September 11 - Penny @ Sew Simple Designs

September 12 - Ida @ Cowtown Quilts

September 13 - Liz and Beth @ Lizzie B Cre8ive

September 14 - Melissa @ Sew Bitter Sweet Designs

September 15 - Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl

September 16 - Amy @ Kati Cupcake

September 16 - Barbara @ QuiltSoup2

September 17 - Erica @ Kitchen Table Quilting

September 18 - Leona @ Leona's Quilting Adventure

September 19 - Margot @ The Pattern Basket

September 20 - Sylvia @ Flying Parrot Quilts

September 21 - Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts

September 22 - Kim @ Aurifil Threads

September 23 - Rebekah @ Don't Call Me Becky

September 24 - Julie @ The Crafty Quilter

September 25 - Mary Ellen @ Little Quilts

September 25 - Mary Jane @ Holly Hill Designs

September 26 - Daisy @ Ants to Sugar

September 27 - Melissa @ Happy Quilting

September 28 - Janet @ http://www.onesisterdesigns.blogspot.com/

September 29 - Jenny @ Martingale& Co.

September 30 - Teresa @ Third Floor Quilts

Monday, August 31, 2015

Jaftex 85th Birthday Celebration and blog hop

Jaftex is the parent company of Henry Glass & Co., Studio e Fabrics, and most recently Blank Quilting Corp. An exciting blog hop starts tomorrow to celebrate their 85th birthday! The co-sponsors of some wonderful prizes are Aurifil threads, Janome, and Schmetz Needles!

Please join me on September 7th for the blog hop and all of these wonderful designers working under the Jaftex umbrella!

September 1 - Kim Diehl guest posting @ American Patchwork & Quilting